Being a sophomore typically means three things. 1. You're no longer at the bottom of the food chain 2. You get to come back from a summer away and see all of your friends and 3. You feel confident returning knowing how things work. So it might come as a surprise that I traded in all of that to be the new kid again and that I actually CHOSE to fill out the dreaded Common App a second time and give up all of that familiarity to move to a city with 8 million strangers. But I did it.

So it's time to start chapter two at Barnard College. But I know I wouldn't be here without chapter one. So thank you to everyone from Muhlenberg who made my first year what it was. Thank you third floor Prosser for being my home and introducing me to some of my best friends in the world. Thank you for the trips to YoFresh, the art history lessons, the ramen noodles, the romcom situations, the late night study sessions and all of those in-between moments. I remember them all and I'll never forget.